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THE LYNCHING OF HOSE.
In another column wo givo a full ac
count of tho lynching of Stun lioso, near
Nownnn, Georgia, on Sunday last. It is
a borriblo story, but a horriblo cri mo
was mooting with a swift and horriblo
punishment. lioso had given a grievous
causo, and griovously did ho answer it.
Consider tho dark picturo of his doublo
crime-murder and rape-in all its bru
tal details, and no punishment could ho
too oruol or horriblo, so far as ho was
personally concorncd.
And yot tho occurrence is a Bad specta
cle to bo prcsoutod to tho world. It is n
sad commentary on Anglo-Saxon civili
zation and government, when such
crimes ns thoso of whioh lioso was
guilty cannot ho speedily punished in a
quiet ned ordorly manner in tho courts
of justice Tho moral effect of a legal
conviction and execution would be so
much moro wholesome than that of law
less punishment hy a mob. It is not so
much on account of tho victim that a
lynching is to ho deplored, as tho de
moralisation of society under tho reign
of mob violence. Tho moral lesion of
ovoi;' person participating in tho unfor
tunate tragedy must ho groat. It smacks
too much of medieval barbarism when
thousands of spectators gloat ovor tho
sufferings of tho victim, and carry away
pieces of his bono and Mesh to bo trea
sured up as hideous mementoes of his
awful fate. Tho injury thus wrought to
society is far-reaching and fearful to con
template. Tho foundations of civil gov
ernment aro undermined, the restrains
of law and order aro sot at naught, and
in tho ond wo must ho subjected to tho
rulo that might makes riuht.
Again, tho brutal infliction of the death
penalty hy a mob fails in tho accomplish
ment of tho true purpose of all punish
ment, viz: Tho piovcntion of the repeti
tion of tho oiTenso and the reformation
of Bocioty. Instead of tho reign of lynch
law reforming the moral souse of tho
pooplo and furnishing a potent restraint
against tho commission of revolting
crimes, it seems that tho ilood-gatos of
tho devilish liassions of men arc thomby
loosed, until diabolical deeds aro multi
plied rather than diminished. As an in
stance of this effect, we have hut to note
tho almost daily perpetration of tho
crime of rapo in some portion of tho
laud. Should punishment hy tho mob
restrain tho ovil, thoro would he some
compensation for tho injury indicted
upon socioty, but when tho evil is only
intensified, somo other remedy should
he sought and enforced with a strong
hand.
What shall tho remedy bo ? Wo can
see nono oxcopt tho organization of an
emorgoney court, charged with tho
speedy trial of accused, under tho forms
of law. Take tho caso of Hose as an
illustration. Suppose immediately after
his arrest an emergency court had boon
organized in Campboll county, and the
prisonor had been given a full, fair and
impartial trial by court and jury, tho
trial would have boon noted by thou
sands of negroes who would have
watched tho proceedings with a sonso of
awe. In this way his trial, conviction
and execution would iiavo appealed to
their sonso of justico, and at tho same
timo have furnished a strong legal re
straint upon their futuro conduct. lint
this wholesome oft'ect is lost by tho in
fliction Of mob violence. It ?S liol that
wo plead for the guilty wretch, no pun
ishment can bc too great for him, but we
do pload for tho purity of Anglo-Saxon
civilization, and this can only be main
tained by tho orderly administration of
justico in legally constituted tribunals.
Regardless of Ago.
kidneys aro responsible for moro
suffering ano deaths than any
..nit of tho body.
?jori tyni the ills nul leting pooplo
is tracoaohXto kidney trouble It
.'dos all classes^ society, in all eli
s, rcgardnoai ol ago, sex or eondi
-ii"ho symptoms of kidney trouble aro
unmistakable, such as rheumatism, neu
ralgia, sleeplessness, pain or dull ache in
tho back, a desire to urinate often day or
night, profuso or scanty supply.
Uric acid or brick-dust deposit in urine
aro signs of clogged kidneys, causing
poisoned and gorm filled blood. Some
times tho heart act? badly, and tube
casts (wasting of tho kidneys) are found
in tho mino, which if nogl noted will re
sult In Bright's disenso, 'lie most dan
gerous form of kidney tronido.
All these symptoms and conditions aro
promptly removed under tho Influence of
]>r. Kilmor'fl Swamp-Koot. It has a
world wido reputation for its wonderful
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No ono need bo long without it as it is
so onny to got at any drug store at fifty
cents or ono dollar. Yon can have a
samplo bottle of this wondorful discov
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Mistrial In tho Lake City Caso.
Tho trial of tho eight mon, charged
with lynching Postmaster Bailor, at i,ako
City, in this State, and burning tho post
ofilco building, resulted lu a mistrial in
the United States Court, at Charleston,
last Saturday, lt is reported that tho
tun' stood Ovo for conviction mid seven
for" acquittal. An o rd or for bail was
granted, and tho dofondants wore dis
charged on bonds In tho sum nf 12,000,
conditioned for thoir appoarninift at (ho
next term of court for a now trial.
II I m ii
EARS AND FINQER8 WERE AMPUTATED |
WITH POCKET KNIVES. ,
THK STORY TOLD BY AN KYK WITNESS.
Hanged to a Pei^lmmon Troo- After Hanging
In tho Sun Ten Hours T*ody Was Cut Down.
PAM!OTTO, GA., April 24.-LlgoStriok
l:\tiil, who was implicated as a conspira
tor in tho Cranford trngody, by tho con
fession of Sam Hoso, was caught last]
night, near Palmetto, oarrisd within a|
milo of tho town, nud lynched by a largo
posse of mon.
Tho negro's body is still hanging at
this hour, hearing tho placard: "Wo
Must Protect Our Southorn Womon."
Hoso confossod that ho was offered $20
by Strickland if ho would kill Mr. Cran
ford. Whoo this statement beeamo gene
rally known, a largo party of Palmoteo
citizens, who bad reached Nowunn too
lato to witness tho burning, started out
to locate Strickland. He ww? found at 10
o'clock last night and was oarriod near
Polmotto, wboro ho was told to confoss.
Ho did not confess, it is said, but douiod
his guilt. His oars woro cut off, bis fin
gers chopped away, and ho was thou
lynched.
Karly this morning tho figuro of Higo
Strickland was found swinging nt tho
end of a ropo, swaying back and forth in
tho breeze
At 2 o'clock lt is reported that a largo
crowd of armed mon is making fast
headway through tho swamps, in hot
pursuit of two nogroos, pcoBuniably im
plicated through a confession Bald to
havo hoon made by Higo Strickland just
before bia oxooution.
STORY Ol' AN RYE WITNESS.
Prom an oyo witnoss tho full story,
briefly told, of tho capturo and lynching
of Strickland ?B ns follows:
"Strickland was caught about sovon
miles from Pal motto nt 10 o'clock last
night and was takon about ono milo from
Palmetto and was hangod to a persim
mon tree and died from strangulation.
Hot h ears and aovoral fliigors woro cut
from tho body."
Wo Givo Away
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only, Tho People's Common Sonso Medi
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Chief Consulting Physician to tho Inva
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Flourishes from Fair Play.
F Alli PLAY, April 25.-Refreshing
showers I
Farm work is progressing rapidly.
Mrs. W. L. Dobbs, of Harmony Grove,
Ga., is visiting her mother, Mrs. S. K.
Harton, and famil".
Dr. Gilos, a recent graduate of tho
Augusta Medical College, is visiting his
sister, Mrs. A. Il, Marott. Dr. Giles is a
gentleman of pleasant address and bids
fair io make a prominent physician.
Dr. K. H. Wobb is at Clarkosvillo, Ga.,
tho homo of his parents.
We are sorry to note tho continued
illness of Mr. H. J. Marett, ono of our
best citizons.
Mr. H. Krank Kccse, Jr., is Been pass
ing through our villago often. Mr. Kooso
is ono of our own boys and is a success
ful "knight of the grip."
Afr. S. P. Stribling paid our town a
(lying visit last week.
Little Huby, tho daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. S. C. Knox, of Lavonia, Ga., is
staving awhile with her grandmother,
Mrs. 1). V. Wright.
Mr. K. C. Marett bas tho best patch of
wheat we havo aeon.
Somo of our enterprising young mon
aro trying their skill in tho culturo of
onions this year. HK.ZK.I..
Rheumatism Cured.
My wife bas used Chamberlain's Pain
Hahn for rheumatism with groat relief,
and I can recommend it as a splendid
liniment for rhoumatisni and oilier
household uso for which wo have round
it. valuable-W. .J. Cuyior, Red Crook,
Now York.
Mr. Cuyior is ono of tho loading mer
chants Of this villago and ono of tho
most, prominent men in this vicinity.
W. <?. IMiippin, Editor Red Creek Her
ald. For salo by J. \V. Holl, Walhalla;
II. li. Zimmerman, Westminster; W. J.
Lunney, Seneca.
Marriage and Death at Hallie Creek.
HATTI.K CIIKUK, S. C., April 21.-Mar
ried, ou April ir-i, 1800, at tho residence
of W. P. Haulbrooks, by M. II. Loo,
Magistrate, Mr. Charley Brooke, of
Georgia, and Mrs. Alice Lodford,of Oco
neo county, S. C.
Died, <m April 20th, 1800, Ellis Turnor,
of grip and pneumonia, after two weeks
illness. His body was interred at
Damascus on tho 21st, after appropriate
services by Kev. D. F. Carter. Ho was
between 75 and SO years of ago. iii! was
a Confederate soldier and was drawing a
pension. Bo leaves a widow of about
tho same age, who has been blind for
several years. M. II. LICK.
You may have heard
about SCOTT'S EMULSION
and have a vague notion
that it is cod-liver oil with
its bad taste and smell and
all its other repulsive fea
tures. lt is cod-liver oil, the ?
purest and the best in the f
world, but made so palata
ble that almost everybody
can take it. Nearly all
children like it and ask for
more.
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
looks like cream; it nour
ishes the wasted body of
the baby, child or adult
better than cream or any
other .food in existence, lt
bears about the same rela
tion to other emulsions that
cream does to milk. If you
have had any experience
with other so-called "just as *
good" preparations, you ?
will find that this is a fact.
Thc hypophosphitcs that arc
combined with thc cod-liver oil J
give additional value to it because ^
thev tone np ?he nervw. system
anti impart strength to the whole
body.
Joe. ?nd $i.oo, ?lt (IrutttUlg.
SCOTT & nOVVNK, Chemist*, Niw York.
Mm fli IH
THF. GEORGIA NEGRO ASSASSIN AND
RAPIST SLOWLY ROA8TEO TO DEATH.
UK GOES TO DEATH WITHOUT AN OUTCRY.
The Ear? and Fingers of the Negro VYero Cut
Off-The Account In Detail
NKWNAN, GA., April 23.-In tho pres
onco of noarly two thousand porsous,
who sont aloft yells of doflanoo anti
shouts of Joy, Sam Hoao, a nogro, who
committed two of tho bnsost acts known
to clinic, was burned at tho stako in a
?niblin road one und ouo-half milos from
icro this afternoon. Before the torch
was applied to tho pyro tho nogro was
doprlvod of his oars, flngors and other
portions of his anatomy. Tho nogro
pleaded pitifully for his lifo while tho
mutilation was going on, but stood tho
ordeal of Oro with surprising fortltudo.
Before tho body was cool it was out to
pieces, tho bones were cr nabed into small
bits, and oven tho troo upon which tho
wretch mot lils fato was torn up aud dis
posed of a? souvenirs. Tho negro's
heart was out In sovoral piocos, as was
also bis liver. Thoso unable to obtain
thoso ghastly rolics direct paid their
moro fortunato possessors extravagant
sums for thom. Small piocos of bono
wont for 2? couts and a bf of tho livor
orisply cooked sold for 10 cents. Ono of
tho mon who liftod tho cnn of korosoiio
to tho negro's hoad is said to bo a nativo
of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Ills nnmo is known to thoso who woro
with him, but thoy rofuso to divulgo it.
Tho mob was composed of ci ti/.ons of
Nownan, Griffin. Palmotto and other
littlo towns in tho country round about
Nownan, and of all tho farmers who had
rocoivod word that tho burning was to
tako placo.
Tho Hon. W. Y. Atkinson, former
Govornor of Goorgia, mot tho mob ns ho
was returning from church and appealed
to thom to lot tho law tako it? eourso.
In addressing tho mob ho used these
words: "Somo of you aro known to mo,
and when this affair is finally sottlod in
tho courts you may dopend upon it that
I will testify against you." A member
of tho mob was aeon to draw a rovolvcr
and lovol it at Govornor Atkinson, but
his arm was soizod and tho pistol takon
from him. Tho mob was frantic at do
lays, and would hoar to nothing but
burning at tho Btako.
lioso confessed to killing Cranford,
but denied that he outragod Mrs. Cran
ford. Boforo hoing put to doath tho ue
gro stated that ho had been paid ?20 by
"Ligo" Strickland, a nogro proaober at
Palmetto, to kill Cranford. To-night a
mob of citizens is scouring tho country
for Strickland, who has loft his homo,
and will lynch him if caught.
Sam Hoso killed Alfred Cranford, a
whito farmer, near Palmotto, and out
ragod his wife, ton days ago. Siuco that
timo business in that part of tho Stato
has boon suspended, tho ontiro popula
tion turning out in an effort to capturo
lioso.
Governor Candler has boon asked to
send troopB hero to preservo ordor for a
day or ?wo, as it is feared tho negroes
may wreak vongoanco, many throats to
that offect having boon made.
.rilli AKHEST OK llOSK.
Hoso has boon on tho farm of tho Jones
brothers, between Mncou and Columbus,
since the day after ho committed his
horriblo or I mo. His mothor is omplovod
on tho farm, and to her littlo cabin ho
fled as a safe refuge Sho fed him and
cared for him, but it is act boliovod that
sho know ho was hoing hunted for by
tho authorities. Tho dones brothers
wore not aware of tho crime until a fow
days ago, and woro not sure that ho was
tho much wanted man. Satin day morn
ing ono of tho Jones boys mot lioso and
as ho was talking to him noticed that li in
"ginger" face was ebony black, but just
below tho collar of his shirt tue coppoi
color was discernable. It was evident
that tho nogro had blackened bis face,
and tho Jones became convinced that he
was thc negro for whom the authorities,
assisted by bloodhounds, had beon scour
ing tho country for ton days, and thoy
determined to arrest him. Sunday morn
ing they brought tho negro into Macon
ai d put him aboard tho Central of Geor
gia train, with tho intention of bringing
him to Atlanta. At Griffin somo one
recognized Hoso and sent word on tc
Nownan, tho next station, that tho negro
waa on tho tho train bound for Atlanta,
When Nownan was roached a great
crowd surrounded tho train and pushed
into tho cars. Tho .iones boys woro told
that tho nogro could ho delivered to the
Sheriff of Campboll county thcro, and
that it was not necessary to tako bim tc
Atlanta. This was acceded to, and thc
nogro was taken off tho train and march
ed at tho hoad of a yelling, shouting
crowd of flvo hundred peoplo to tho jail.
Hero they turned bini over to Shorifl
Brown, taking arocoipt for tho prisoner,
thus making themselves Sliro of tho $201
rownrd for tho "airest and delivery tc
tho Sheriff of Campbell county of one
Sam HOBO." Word was sent to Mrs. Cran
ford, at Palmetto, that it was believed
Hose was under arrest and that her pres
once was necessary in Nownan to make
suro of idouf'Pintion. In somo way tin
nows of tho arrest leaked out, and as thc
town had boon on tho ?dort for nn;n-!j
two weeks tho intelligence spread rap
idly. From ovcry house in tho little oil)
caine its occupants, and a good-sizci
crowd was soon gatborod about tho jail
BUKKENDERKD TO TUE MOll.
Sheriff Brown was importuned to give
up tho prisonor am! finally, in order t(
avoid au assault on tho jail and possible
bloodshed, ho turned tho wretch over t<
tho waiting crowd. A procession wa.'
quickly formed and tho doomed nogn
waa marched at its hoad through severa
streots of tho town. Soon tho publh
squaro was reached, lloro former Gov
ernor Atkinson, of Goorgia, who lives ii
Nownan, carno hurriedly upon tho seem
and standing up in a buggy importun?e
tho crowd to let tho law tako its eourso
Govornor Atkinson said:
"My follow citizens and frioids, I be
seech you to lot this artair go no furtbor
You aro hurrying this negro on to doatl
without an indontiflcatiou. Mrs. Cran
ford, whom ho is said to have assaulted
and whoso husband ho is said to ha.vt
killed, is sick in bcd and unable to bi
boro to say whether this is her assailant
Let this negro bo returned to tho jail
Tho law will tako its eourso, and I prom
iso you it will do so quickly and effect
nally. Do not stain tho honor of tin
State with a crime such as you are abott
to perform."
Judge A. D. Freeman, also of Nownan
cooke in a similar strain and implore!
the mob to return the prisonor to tin
custody of tho sheriff and go homo. Tin
assemblage heard tho words of tho tw?
speakers in silence, hut tho instant thei
voices had died away shouts of "On t?
Palmetto I Burn bimi Think of bi
crimol" ai-oso and tho march was rc
sumed.
THE NEU KO INDKNTIKIKD.
Mrs. Cranford's motin and sister ar<
residents of Nownan. Tho mob wn
headed ill tho dilCOtio' )f their llOUSl
and in a short time readied tho McElro;
home. The nogro was inarched in th?
gato and Mrs. Mc Kl roy was called to tin
front door. She at once indontifiod tin
African and her verdict was agreed to b;
liot daughter, who had often seen Hos'
around the Cranford placo. "To tin
stako," waa again tho cry and sovorn
mon wanted to burn him in Mrs. Mc
Elroy's yard. To this sho object?e
Strenuously and tho mob, complying svitl
her wish, started for Palmetto.
Just aa thoy were leaving New nm
word was brought that tho 1 o'cloel
train from Atlanta was bringing 1,001
pooplo to Palmetto. This was though
to ho a regiment of militia ami tho m ol
at once decided to burn tho riimnorn
tho first favorable place, rat'.er than bi
compelled to shoot him when Ce miiitii
put in sight.
Leaving tho littlo town, whoso Sun
day's quiet had been so rurfely disturbed
tho mob, which now numbered 11 'nib
1,600 people, started on the road t<> Pal
motto. A lino of buggies ami vehicle)
of all kinda, their drivers fighting fo
go:.i I ?om; in lino, followed tho procession
at tho head of which, closely guarded
marched tho negro.
HAM HOSE'S CONFESSION.
Ono and a half miles out of Nownan, ?
placo behoved to ho favorablo for th?
burning, was readied. A littlo to tho sid?
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of tho rodo Btood a strong pino troo. Up
to this tho negro was marched, his back
placed to tho troo and his fnco to tho
orowd, which jostled closely about him.
Hero, for tho first timo, bo was allowed
to talk. Ho said: "I am Sam Huso. I
killed Alfred Cranford, but I was paid
to do it. Ligo Strickland, tho nogro
proaohor at Palmetto, gavo mo $20 to
kill him." At this a roar wont up from
tho orowd as tho intelligence imparted
by tho wrotch was Bureau among thom.
"Lot him gc on. Toll all you know
about it," carno from tho orowd. Tho
negro, shivering like n, loaf, continued
his recital. "1 did not outrago Mrs.
Cranford. Somebody olso did that. I
can idontify thom. .Give mo timo for
that."
Tho mob would hoar no moro. Tho
clothes woro torn from tho wrotch in an
instant. A heavy chain was produced
and wound around tho body of tho terri
fied wrotch, clasped by a now lock,
which dangled at Hose's neck. Ho said
not a word to this proceeding, but at
the' sight of throo or four knives flashing
in tho hands of several members of tho
crowd, which seemed to forcenst tho
terrible ordeal ho waa about to bo put to.
bo sent up a yoi! whioh could bo heard
a milo.
ll l) TO II BUBO Pl KCBM KAI,.
Instantly a hand grasping a knife shot
out, and ono of tho negro's ears dropped
into a hand ready to rociovo it. lioso
pleaded pitifully for morey, and bogged
his tormentors to lot him dio. His
cries woro unhoaded. Tho second oar
wont tho way of tho othor. Hardly had
bo been deprived of his cars boforo his
fingers, one by ono, woro token from his
band and passed among tho mombors of
tho yelling, and now thoroughly nind
oo nod crowd. Tho wretch was quickly
deprived of other portions of his anatomy
and words, "Como on with tho oil,"
brought a hugo can of korosono to tho
. foot of tho tree, whoro tho negro, his
body covered with blood from bead to
? foot, was striving and tugging nt his
chains. Tho can was lifted over tho
1 negro's head by three or four mon, mu!
its contents poured ovor him. By this
timo a good supply of brush, piceos of
fence rail and othor firewood had boon
placed about tho negro's feet. This pyro
was thoroughly saturated and a match
applied.
TUB WKKTCH UURNRU TO DKATII.
1 A flnmo shot upward and surcad
1 quickly over tho pilo of wood. As it
' licked tho negro's logs, ho shrieked once,
and bogan tugging at bis chains. AB the
; Hames crept higher and tho smoko mi
tered bis eyes and mouth, Hoso put tho
stumps of his hands to tho troo back of
1 him, and, with a terrific plunge forward
of his body, sovorcd tho upper portion
' of tho chains which hound him to tho
1 trco. His body, held to tho trco only as
far as tho thighs, lunged forward, thus
; escaping tho flames, which roared and
; crackled about ??is foot. Ono of tho mon
near tho burning negro quickly ran up,
j and, pushing him back, said: "Got back
1 into tho Uro there," and quickly oon
1 nocted tho disjointed links of tho chain.
1 Tho road for half a milo on ench sido of
? tho burning negro was black with eon
' voyances, and was simply impassable.
. Tko crowd sui rounded tho stuko on all
' sides, but none of thoso nearer than UK)
? fcot of tho centre woro nblo to seo what
' was going on. Yell after yo'.l wont up
' and the progress of tho names woro com
. numicatod to thoso in tho roar by shouts
' from tho eye-witnesses.
I SAVAUBRY OK TUB CROWO.
Tho torch was applied about half-past
2 and at :! o'clock tho body of Sam Hoso
1 was limp and lifeless, his head hanging
. to ono sido. The body was not cut
1 down, lt was cut to pieces. Tho crowd
. fought for places about tho smouldering
. trco, and with knives, scoured such
J pieces of his carcass ?? did not fal! to
I pieces. Tho chain was sovorcd by haiu
' mers, tho trco chopped down and such
' pic?os of tho firewood ns had not burned,
1 woro carried away as souvenirs.
J ItKMKMHKIt TUB FACTS.
I The Atlanta Constitution of tho 21th
. instant says:
"Tho terrible oxpiation which Sam
- Hoso was forced to pay for his crimo w(ll
. arouso a flood of discussion, carried on
1 by thoso who know tho facts on tho one
? side, and hy thoso who do not caro for
? tho facts on tho othor.
J "But, whilo tho form of this criminal's
' punishment cannot bo uphold, lot those
. who aro disposed CO oriticiso it look into
. tho facts-and by thoso facts tempor thc
- judgment they may rondor.
"An unassuming, industrious and
9 hard-working farmer, after bis day's toil,
t sat at his ovoning meal; around Iii m Bat
wife and children, happy in tl.J presence
j of tho man who was fulfilling to thom
l evory duty Imposed by nature At poaec
a with tho world, sol ving God and loyal te
0 humanity, thoy looked forward to thc
> coining day.
r "Noiselessly tho murdoror, with up
> lifted axo, advanced in tho rear, ami
? sank it to tho helve in tho brain of thc
- unsuspecting victim.
"Tearing the child from tho lUOthor'f
breast, ho Hung it into tho pool of blood
a oozing from its falher'B wound.
H "Then began tho culminai hm whick
1 has r.etlu oned tho roar.on of tho people
ot Western Georgia during tho pas)
i weok. As critics will howl about thc
?i lynching, tho Constitution will bo par
u doned for stating tho plain facts.
y "Tho wifo was seized, clinked,
0 thrown upon tho floor, whore hor cloth
n ing lay in tho blood of her husband, and
1 lavished!
"ltomemhor the facts I Remember thc
I dark night in tho country homo! Ro
i member tho slain husband, and nbovo all,
romomber that shocking degradation
i which was inflicted hy tho black boast
c his victim swimming in hor hushancl'f
) warm blood, as tho bruto hold her to thc
t floor I
> "Koop tho facta in mind. When thc
t picture is painted of . tho ravisher ir
ii tlaiiios, go back and vh>\v that darken
\ iiioturo of Mrs. Cranford outraged in thc
blood of hor murdered busband."
, I waa reading an advertisement o
y Chamberlain's Collo, Cholera and Dinr
- rin?a Romcdy in tho Worcester Fa.U.r
< priso recently, which loads mo to write
r this. I can truthfully say I never used
, any romcdy equal to it for colic and
, diarrhoea. I have novor had to uso more
tit itu ono or two doses to euro tho worst
caso with myself or children.-\V. A,
i Stroud, Popomoko City, Md. For Bale
^ by H. B. Zimmerman, Wostnilnstor; J,
3 W. Boll, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca,
(V?WON is and will con
J tir.ue to be the money
crop of the South. The
planter who gets the most cot
ton from ? given area at the
least cost, is the one who makes
the most money. Good cw!ti
vation, suitable rotation, and
liberal use of fertilizers con
taining at least $% actual
Potash
will insure the largest yield.
Wo wilt send Free, upon application,
pamphlets that will interest every cotton
planter in the South.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
_93 Nat ?au St., New Vorth
MRS. WILLIAMS IS ASSAULTED. f
Negro Attacks and Outragos a White Woman
Noar Greenville.
Groenvillo was astir on Saturday after
noon when tho UOWB carno that a foul
orimo had hoon committed only n short
distance from tho city limits, and that a
rospjctablo white woman was the victim
of a negro's lust. Tho wifo of Silas Wil
liams, au industrious whit o farmor, liv
ing near tho Andorson road, was brutally
assaulted he tween 4 and ? o'dook that
aftornoon by a negro diosscd in uniform,
who ?iii dd en ly appoarod at tho door of
tho house whore Mrs. Williams was on
gaged in ironing. She was ontiroly alono
oxcopt hov youngest child, who was
quiotly Blooping when tho brutal nogro
onmo on tho scone. Tho assault was
mado in a fow minutes, and tho woman
wnslo?t helpless and prostrato for the
timo hoing. Tho negro had vanished ns
if by magic, and mado post linste to
wards Piedmont boforo tho alarm was
givon in thc neighborhood.
Mr. Williams was only a short dis
tance from homo whoo the assault, on
'nis wifo was mado, nud tho two oidor
children wore with him. Ho was speed
ily informed os to tho outrage, and after
returning homo ho carno galloping to
town for a physician and for assistance
to catch tho villain who had despoiled
his humble homo. It did not require
much timo for mon to respond in mount
ed squads, and-the road to Williams's
house was soon thronged with riders
w?.o woro bent upon a summary process
to avengo tho dastardly crime. Thc
neighbors for milos around came to join
in tho Hoaroh for tho miscreant, nud
Bomo of thom started afoot to catch him,
bocauBo ho was still in sight when tho
alarm was givon. This guvo tho nogro
an udvantago, and boforo horses woro
procured ho had loft thc main road and
wa? pushing his way through tho woods.
Piedmont and Polzor wore notified, and
scouting partios woro organized at both
places. Prompt efforts were mado to
cut him oft at tho crossings of Saluda
rivor, and a search was instituted among
tho houses occupied hy nogrocs for
miles around. Tho nogro was soon a fow
miles from tho placo whore tho orimo
was cann mit t ed, but tho partic3 who mot
him did not thou know about tho assault.
It is almost certain that tho assailant
of Mrs. Williams has made good his
escapo and tho latest nows in regard to
him is that ho was sovon milos below
Andorson and was making tracks for
Georgia, which would bo reached in a
fow hourj. His clovor evasion of tho
various parties who joined in tho pur
suit shows that ho was not an ignorant
nogro by any means, and it seems that
his escapo was hardly possiblo whoo mon
woro uniting in tho chase, from ovory
neighborhood. Ho is a very black nogro,
five foot and a hall' high, and weighs
about 140 pounds. Ho - will doubt lesa
got rid of tho uniform at tho llrst oppor
tunity, and his idontity will bo com
pletely lost, ns ho is not unlike a thou
sand otlmrn ovor in Georgia.-Grcouvillo
Mountaineer, April 20.
Thousands of Women
aro dragging out a weary, miserable,
exist once, because thoy do not fully real
izo what is tho matter with thom. Thoy
know that thoy havo "fomalo weakness,
but they do not really approoiato what
that Hilans. Thoy do not know that
to this ono tnmble is trucoabla almost
all of their bodily ills. They considor it
a disease by itsolf, and if thoy havo also
nm irai/;ia, nerve li ca il ac h cs, biliousness,
kid noy troublo and othor things, they
soo no connection between thom and tho
derangements of a strictly fomalo nature.
Busy and overworked physicians ofton
treat these things as separate ailments,
whon tho whole troublo has tho ono
source Tho reproductivo organs aro so
important a part of tho body that whoo
thoy aro out of order, tho whole systom
is deranged. Whatever illness a woman
has, she will do woll to look there for
tho causo. A great many women know
ingly neglect themselves, because thoy
dread the tolling of their trilbies to a
physician and tho subsequont "examina
tion" and "local troatmont." All this ia
needless, tor Dr. Philco's Favorite Pros
cription has boon found to porfoctly and
permanently restore lost strength and
prometo regularity of functional action.
Tugaloo Items.
The far mors are glad to soo tho rain.
It will mako thc crops grow and the
beans also.
Mrs. E. P. Harris and Miss Estella
Crawford woro tho guosts of Mrs. Mattie
Marrett Sunday.
Miss Maud Burris* visitod Miss Annie
Loo Sunday.
Dr. YV. A. sheldon and family of Lib
erty, S. C., visitod relativos in tim neigh
borhood last wook. Would Uko to soc
them oftonor.
Air. S. L. Burriss visited frinnds and n
"friend" in Royston, Ga., Sunday. Guoss
ho thinks ho's "sparking."
Messrs. Matt and Harris Whitworth,
from ovor tho rivor visitod in this com
munity Sunday. I wonder what is up ?
I wonder what young lady wont fishing
Saturday and foll in "ho orcok and her
littlo "sis" had to pull her out ?
The family of Mr. J. 1). Sheldon, ol
i Kr\ir Play, visitod Westminster Sunday,
VJiss Mary says sho saw hor follow,
I Guess sh? did, as she louks so ploasinp
this morning.
Messrs. Claude Burriss and Mnrshal
Wyloy wont sparking Munday. Thoy
want tu toll nu their whereabouts, foi
thoy know thoy aro only school boys.
Cur school is still flourishing and hopi
it will continuo so as wo aro making
preparations for our closing oxorcisos,
which will bo May 12th, Friday P. M.
at 1 o'clock. Tho public aro invited.
s. o.
-.-rf*?
"A word to tho wiso is sufficient" am
a word from tho wiso should bo Biiftl
clout, but you ask, who aro tho wiso'
Thoso who know. Tho oft ropoatcd ox
porienco of trustworthy poisons may b(
taken for knowledge. Mr. W. M. Torry
says ( 'bambin Iain's Cough Bomcdy givoi
hotter satisfaction than any othor in th?
market. Ho lins been in tho drug bus!
noss at Klkton, Ky., for twclvo yoars
has sold hiindii ils of bottles of thh
remedy and noarly all othor cough modi
einos manufactured, which shows con
elusively that < .'ham bea lei n's is tho moni
satisfactory to tho people, and is th?
best. For salo by J. W. Bell, Walhalla
H. B. Zimmerman, Westminster; W. J
Lunney, Soneca.
-. ^
Happonlngs nt Tokcona.
Ton KUNA, April 24.-/..iss Boodie Oro
mor, of Sonooa, was in this burg Sunday.
Tho wheat and oat crops in tills com
m uni i y aro looking lino.
Mr. and Mrs. Dobbins visited friondf
and relatives at '''ownvlllo Sunday.
Mr. Arthur Gibson had tho misfortune
to got ids iud. le sprained tho othor day,
Mr. Marshal Griftin, of Andorson, wa
in thiB burg Saturday and Sunday. Ht
is a promising young man.
Wo think tho wedding bolls will rinp
soon.
Tho farmers In our community have
ilnishod planting cotton. Sumo have
corn up and about ready to work it.
. Tho Sunday sohool nt Cross Bonds ie
in a flourishing condition. Husri.Rn.
DEALS IN
Dry Goods, Shoes, Clothing,
Hats, Groceries, Stoves,
Furniture, Coffins
and Robes,
MY NEW SPRING GOODS ARE ALL IN, AND AT
PRICES TO CATCH ALL OF THE CASH TRADE.
Dry Goods.
2,500 yards of Shooting at only 2 ct ta;
worth 4 coots.
4,500 yards of Yard-wido Shooting afc 4
coats; worth 5 couts.
4,500 yards of Yard-wldo Soa Island
Shooting at 44 conts; worth fl coots.
3,600 yards of Chocks at 4 conts; worth
5 conts. ,
3,000 yards Best Chook? at 5 couts;
worth (1 coote.
2,500 yards Best Cheviots at 7 conts;
worth 10 couta.
?1,500 yards Very Post Yard-wido Per
cales at 7 couts-tho 10 cont kind.
3,000 yards Linon Qrnss Cloth at 5 cent s ;
worth 81 conto.
8,300 yards Host Print?, in all colors, at
31 conts-tho 5 cont kind.
P?ig lino of Organdios, lu nil colors,
from 7 conts to 50 o. nts.
Pig lino of Lawns, in nil colors, from
8) conto lo 15 conts.
Big lino of irish Pique, in all colors, at
15 conts.
Big lino of Figured Lawn, from 5 couta
to 124 cents.
Big lino of Linen Crash, from 7 couta
to 25 couta.
Sovonty-ilvo different WniBt Patterns
in Silk, from 50 conts up.
Shoes.
I am still selling tho famous Hamilton
A Brown Shoes. Every pair guaranteed
to bo as represented.
Ladies' Kino Shoes from 08 conts to
$3.50, in nil toes and stylos, black*, or tan.
Men's Pino Shoos, Congress or Lace,
black or tan, in nil toes, from $1.25 to
$4.
Big lino of Ladies' and Gouts' Oxfords
and Slippors, in blnok or tan, from 55
conts to $3.
Bo sure to soo my stock boforo buying
elsewhere.
Notions.
lioso from 21 conts to 40 conts a pair.
Laco Curtains from 75 cent a to $1.50 n
pair.
Ladies' Gauze TJndorvosts from 5 conta
to 25 couts.
Mon's Gauze Undorvests from 10 conts
up.
H. & G. Corset ft from 50 conts up, in
nil stylos.
Ladies' Bolts from 10 conts up, in all
stylos.
Mon's Shirt? from 20 conts to $1.25.
I have ono of tho largest linos of Cra
vats, Scarfs, Tios, Collars, Cuffs and
Handkerchiefs ever shown in OcoilOO
county.
Big lino of Jowolry nt hard timo prieos.
Good Watches, guaranteed to givo satis
faction, for only 08 conts.
Clothing.
CHILDREN'S, MEN'S AND BOYS'
CLOTHING .
AT THE VERY LOWEST CASH
PRICES.
Fifty Mon's Suit?, all wool, at $1; well
worth $5.
Big lot of Mon's Suits at $5, $"-.50, $10,
$12.50 and $15.
Twonty-flvo Boy's Crash Suits for ouly
50 cont?.
Big lot of Boy's Suits at $1, $1.50, $2,
$3, $3.50 and $4, in all stylos.
Bo suro to BOO my lino boforo buying.
I omi flt anybody, from a throo-yoar-old
boy to tho man that wears a 48 coat.
Furniture.
250 Oak Post Bedsteads from $1.2T> to
$3.50.
200 Solid Oak Bedsteads from $2 to $5.
25 Bureaus at $3.50 and $4.
20 Solid Oak Bureaus, Bovolod Mirrors,
at $5 and $7.50.
12 Solid Oak Dressers, Bovolod Mirrors,
at $10.
Suits of three pieces-Bureau, Wash
stand and Bedstead-from $0 to $45.
Fiftcon difforont stylos of Rooken,
from $1.25 to $3.50.
300 Cnno Bottom Chairs at 50 conts;
worth 00 conts in any market.
100 Homo-mado Chairs at 25 couts. .
Kitchon Safes from $2.25 to $4.50.
Stoves.
Soo my Now Enterprise Stoves, guar
anteed for 5 years, at $15, $18 aud $30.
Seo my $8 Stove with 22 pieces; novor
a hotter ono Bold for $10.
Get your wife ono of my No. 8 Stovos
for $11 and $12. Guaranteed to givo per?
feet satisfaction or monoy refunded. .
Coffins.
Everything in tho way of Collins and
Undertakers' Supplies is kopt by mo.
All orders will bo filled promptly,
night or day.
Hats.
My now Spring Hats aro all in, and nt
prices to suit tho times.
Gouts' Straws from 5 cents to $1.50,
A full lino of Felt Hats, in light brown
and black.
Como and seo my stock boforo buying
elsewhere.
fl3f - Wo carry a full lino of Groceries. BALLARD'S FLOUR-ovory sack warranted. "?D3
WHEN IN NEED OF ANYTHING I WILL DE PLEASED TO HAVE YOU CALI_WE TREAT YOU RIGHT.
lint. ADAMS. S 8I18C&I Si 0?
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SOME
KINDS
OF
GOODS
and as choaply in ono as another; hut
there aro good? that you cannot got
ovory whore. Thin is tho lino wo want to
show. We havo many dainty now things
for Spring that are now and hoautiful in
Wash (ioods, Silks and Wootons, and
our " Silver Star " Madras for Shirt
Waists at 12Jo. is unequaled, They aro
ns protty as silk, Sond for samples.
Our now lino of Ladies* Shoos, just
in, Black and Tan Oxfords and Sandals,
and thoy havo tho stylo and flt, you eau
dopend upon it.
Our Mon's Furnishing Dopartmont WSB
novor bottor-Noekwoar, IIoBiory, Col
lars and Cuffs, Shirts, white and colored.
Seo our now Silk Bosom Shirts at $1.00.
You can't match thom.
Wo havo a full stock of Mon's Straw
lints, all new shapes and up to dato.
Wo havo a ''Nobby Hat" for only 50o.
Wo can aipl will soil you if you will
only look boforo you boy.
Ml COLEMAN CO.,
SENECA, S, C.
Visit
C. W. PITCHFORD CO
STORE AND YX>U WILL FIND
A Nico, donn Stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes and Slippors, Hats,
Trunks and Valises, Clothing and Gouts' Furnishing Goods, J .rdwaro, Grocorios,
Paints, Oils and Varnish, Stovos and Ranges, Saddles, Harness and Bridles, Lap
Bobos and Buggy Umbrellas, Ac.
Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls, Bran, Hay and Corn.
<P. W. PiVCBFOttI? C?Wl*?!fYf
WALHALLA, S. C.
LOWERY, BYRD & CO.'S
PRICE LIST.
Straw and Crash Hats Q?>. 10 to 50 cents oaoh.
Ladies' Low-cut Shoos @. 50c. to $1 por pair.
Mon's Dross Shirts &\. 115 couts to $1 each.
Mon's Undershirts @. 26 to 50 couts oaoh.
Ladies' Hndorvosts (fl). 5 to 15 cents each.
Peruu?o @. 7 to 12 Jo. por yard.
Long Cloth (fl). 10 cont? por yard.
White Organdy ?. . 121 cents por yard.
White Cambrio @.- 0 couts por yard.
Call and oxamino our gooda mid wo will convinco you that you got good
valuo when you trado with us.
Wo handle Hoos, Hool Swoops, Plows and othor farming tools.
Buy a Victor Swoop. It will please you.
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Popular Sommor and Winter Rosort.
Spooial attention to tho comfort of guonts,
Commodious Rooms. Elegant faro.
4-81-08-ly
SPRING
AND
SUMMER
GOODS !
I havo a splendid lino of Season
able Goods, and invito my friends to
glvo thom a perusal boforo deciding
te buy elsewhere.
My Laoos aro 1 Jo. to 10c, a yard,
and Embroidery 2Jo. to lOo.
White Kid Bolto, Handkerchiefs
and Hosiery.
Big lino Tinware at old prices,
though tho markot is 25 to 40 por
cont advanced.
A now erato of nico Staple Crock
ery nt Walhalla, mid a big lino on
hand hero.
Low Out Shoos and Oxfords. I
havo a beautiful lino of Twu-button
Oxfords for children, misses and
ladios. Bo sure to seo thom.
Groceries, both fancy and staple
I havo bought lilt bags of CoiToo in
tho inst 50 days, and navo sold quito
a lot of it to apprcoiativo oustomors.
Como and got your sharo boforo it is
gone
Now for thoso good fat Hams
and Poultry and Country Prodnco in
gonoral. You can got cash or mor
chandiso for thom. Romomber, I
buy most any quantity and nm in tho
market all tho year round. Bring
mo your carly Frying Chickons and
get good prices for thom. Kggs and
Ilona especially in domand.
YOUU PATRONAGE SOLICITED,
Yours truly,
L, G. CRAIG,
SENECA AND WALHALLA